OOC: Welcome Back!!

[travelagency]

OOC: And now back to our regularly scheduled programming... Hello, everyone! We went on a short break to institute a bunch of changes for the Last Resort, and we hope most of them will be easy to work with. Previously we left a lot of our information pretty open ended, but we decided to give it a little more structure and shift the focus as much in the direction of action/adventure as possible. As we rejoin the story, Quadratus is stull under quarantine after the activation of the skeleton spawner. When they attacked Blackstaff the delegates here for the conference were sent into a panic. They were evacuated and the rest of the planet was cut off from the rest of the universe. This has placed the population of Blackway in a pickle. While skeleton archers are no longer spawning in the village, they are spawning around it. Between them, the creepers, and the spiders that already populated the planet life for the local inhabitants has become difficult. They are imploring anyone now to help. They are hoping if they make another important find the other worlds will renew interest in them again and lift the quarantine. They also need help getting supplies; unfortunately that means that many residents have had to turn to organized crime, and it's given the organizations a stronger foothold. And some crime bosses are worse than others. On top of that, the latest news broadcast will reveal that someone activated the spawners purposefully. Patrol officers will be aware of another piece of information not included in the broadcast. (This information will be given to patrol officers themselves). Game Changes Magic Formerly we had magic defined as loosely connected to the Force. But now magic has it's own system unique to this universe. This is important in that it's meant to make abilities in applications easier to understand for the mods, and to make cross-canon abilities relate to each other. When doing your permissions please list whatever sources magical abilities would link into. Note: The abilities do not change outside of usual game restriction. Just what generates them does. FaQ The FaQ has been changed to make it better organized. NPCs To further drive story, more NPCs have been added and the behavior of NPCs around town has been clarified on a new NPC page. Jobs Will be required for new players. While older players will be allowed to keep their characters not working, new applicants must have some sort of idea for a job or role for their character even if it's a very minor position. And more on that... Applications Originally jobs weren't going to be a requirement for the setting. The application now requires people to look at the jobs and to pick areas or fields they might be interested in as part of the form. A new uniform has been added to security as well. Additionally, one test drive starter is now required, but a prose sample is optional. No Longer Seasonal The game wasn't working as a seasonal game, so now it will run like a regular game. No More Reserves As applications are open all the time, reserves have been deemed unnecessary. Map and Town information Condensed. They're all on the same page now. Map, history of the town, general assumed appearance, and the businesses. Wildlife updated with Invasive Species There is more information on the 4-eyed wildlife at the fauna page, as well as the other species that were dumped. The locations in which the interactive wildlife are commonly (but not exclusively) located are listed. Power Rewards After long consideration, we'll be implementing a way for people to receive permanent character extras through interaction and plot cooperation. Temporary character extras are always available. This will come in the form of armor, recoverable potions, and other plot related shenanigans. Other New Pages! The mod contact and hiatus & drops are now separate pages, with mod contact comments being screened. Moderator Change One of our moderators (Mala) has stepped down but she'll still be around as a player. In the meantime, Rae (the player of Charon | andiwillfollow) will be a temporary app mod until a permanent one can be assigned. These aren't the only changes we've planned and more will be added as plots progress. Certain maps are still in the works, but we hope this is a good secondary starting point. Below we have some topic starters, and a new test drive meme geared to helping settle in new players. Below are some threads for discussion, as well as a mistake/error form because there was so much editing things probably were missed. Navigation

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Re: Mistakes?

[vengeance_driven]

Thank you! Fixed it and if you remember I'll try to fix the other one, too. I went back and made the old pages invisible so that it wouldn't take people to old information.